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“Pedophile” and “predator” are used in conjunction so often it’s no surprise that people would blend them. Both the meanings and the pronunciations are similar enough that I think “predophile” qualifies as an eggcorn.

Re: "predophile" for "pedophile"

Re: "predophile" for "pedophile"

The spelling predaphile is also common. This is certainly a purposeful blend for some users, and likely some who didn’t blend it on purpose may have learned it in already blended form. In neither case would it count as an eggcorn, but of course it may be an eggcorn for some others. It’s one of those that are hard to tell if you don’t have a direct confession as evidence.

[Urban Dictionary definition:] A predaphile is a man who preys on young girls. Is a combonation of a predator and a pedophile. Often says
dirty sexual things to girls too young for him. Usually …

Given the standardness of the phrase sexual predator , the existence of sexual predo/a/phile is no surprise.

You’re like a sexual predophile’s wet dream.

(Yuck!)

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2014-02-14 20:03:08)

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